Yulongguan is located on the west bank of Zhangshui (now Ganjiang River), backed by the West Mountain, which can be said to be close to the mountain and facing the water, and the geographical location is excellent. I don't know if it's because of feng shui, there are a lot of believers here, and the incense is at its peak at four o'clock.

Especially during the reign of Emperor Huizong, he made a big deal about suppressing Buddhism. A large Taoist temple like the Yulong Temple has been repaired and expanded many times.

The interior of the Taoist temple is certainly solemn and magnificent; On the periphery of the Taoist temple, there is also a very open and flat area, which is used to highlight the image of the Yulong Temple.

However, on the seventh day of the first month of March in the first year of Shaoxing, this good day to enter the temple to burn incense and repay vows, from Yulongguan to the open area on the shore of Zhangshui, there were two armies facing each other, ready to go to war at any time.

These two armies were Li Cheng's Second Route Army in the upstream direction, and the officers and soldiers under the command of Zhang Jun in the downstream position were the bandit suppression officers and soldiers under the command of Zhang Jun.

As the chief general of the Second Route Army, Ma Jin set up a company camp in Xishan to hold the most important ferry and throat area of Yulongguan, which was directly caused by the fact that "the king and the division cannot cross, and the generals should not be the front".

Ma Jin not only isolated Zhang Jun's army from the local officers and soldiers in Jiangzhou, Hongzhou and other state capitals, so that Zhang Jun's troops could not go to the rescue; What's more serious is that the Third Route Army led by Li Cheng is quietly detouring behind Zhang Jun's back, preparing to attack back and forth.

In the previous month, because Yue Fei had not arrived, Zhang Jun had only sent small units to harass the enemy many times, and this time all the troops were dispatched, which suddenly put a lot of pressure on Ma Jin

In terms of numbers, Ma Jin's Second Route Army had more officers and soldiers than Zhang Jun's.

In the turbulent times of the early Southern Song Dynasty, it was actually quite simple to gather an army. The premise is to have money.

Years of warfare with the Jin soldiers. The attrition of the Song Dynasty's forces was severe; Especially at the beginning of the fourth year of Jianyan. Wanyan Wushu drove Emperor Gaozong out of the sea, and the military expenses of the various troops of the Song Dynasty failed to get the support of the imperial court, and the establishment was reduced many times, which was the deepest embodiment in the Han army.

Even Liu Guangshi, the richest man, has shrunk to 50,000 people.

And thieves like Li Cheng wandered in the north and south of the river, burning and looting everywhere. There is no bottom line in doing things, but a large amount of money and food has been accumulated to attract more poor people to join the family.

But how strong can an army formed in this way be? I'm afraid that even the bandit leader Li Cheng doesn't have an accurate answer in his heart

"Knock knock knock," the first sound of drums sounded in the positions of the officers and men.

The tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in the front row held their heads high, put their right feet on the ground, raised their weapons with both hands, and suddenly shouted: "Bah"

These actions of the officers and men have a name. It's called a rise. It is designed to boost and boost your own morale, as well as to deter and frighten your opponents.

The simultaneous movement of tens of thousands of people in unison is so shocking and spectacular! It may not be useful to use against the Golden Soldiers. But now it's used to deal with the rogues, and the effect is obvious.

Most of these bandits were from peasant backgrounds, and where had they seen such an elephant, there had already been a commotion in the ranks.

"Knock knock knock," the second drum sound was heard in the positions of the officers and men.

All the officers and soldiers suddenly stepped forward together, took three steps, and then shouted: "Bah".

Along with it, there are also officers and soldiers in the rear ranks, countless flags swaying from side to side, moving in the wind; The flag crackled against the strong wind, as if a huge wave was blowing out of thin air in the land.

Ma Jin saw that the situation in his formation was not good, and hurriedly ordered a drum to fight against Zhang Jun's psychological offensive

While everyone's attention was focused on the main battlefield, five or six thousand cavalry were quietly wading across the river in a shallow water area called Shengmidu in the upper reaches of Zhangshui.

The place of Shengmidu is not far behind the army of Ma Jin.

Because the water here is shallow, there is no bridge, and there is no ferry, so Ma Jin did not send people to defend, who knows that the officers and soldiers dared to wade directly across the water.

Only 3,000 of these cavalry who crossed the river belonged to Yue Fei's command, and the other cavalry belonged to Yang Yizhong, who was the pro-army of Emperor Gaozong.

In order to win this battle, Zhang Jun almost found all the fierce people he knew

"Knock knock knock," the third drum sound was heard in the positions of the officers and men.

Under normal circumstances, the sound of the Song army's three-way drum means that it is going to charge with all its might. Therefore, Ma Jin hurriedly ordered all the archers to release arrows with all their might in the direction of the Song army.

The strange thing is that the Song army did not launch a charge, but continued to shout and demonstrate in the same place.

When Ma Jin was puzzled, behind the left and right of the bandit army, there were suddenly bursts of shouts and killings, followed by continuous screams and fighting.

At this time, Ma Jin knew that he had been tricked

Yue Fei took the lead, raised the Liquan spear in his hand to open the way in front, and the brothers and cavalry followed behind to cover the killing. In the blink of an eye, a straight avenue appeared in the rear of the bandit army.

Originally, the cavalry had a great advantage over the infantry, plus the Yue family army had fought a few vicious battles with the Jin soldiers before, and now it was easy to fight with Li Cheng's bandit army!

Yang Yizhong had heard of Yue Fei's force, but he never thought that it would be so powerful; The two teamed forces attacked at the same time, and Yang Yizhong's Su Wei army lagged behind a large margin.

Yang Yizhong could only let out a loud shout, used all his strength, and pounced on the enemy

Zhang Jun stood on a high place, and saw the situation of the entire battlefield at a glance, and when he saw that Ma Jin's rear army was already in chaos, he couldn't help laughing and ordered the whole army to attack.

Ma Jin's Second Route Army was defeated.

Ma Jin, who claimed to have 100,000 horses, was defeated by Zhang Jun, who had less than 50,000 troops.

When all the attention of Ma Jin and the thief army was attracted by Zhang Jun's front of the battlefield, and they were confused by the actions of the officers and soldiers that resembled the honor guard, their defeat was already doomed.

In desperation, Ma Jin had no choice but to lead the remnants to flee to Yunzhou

There was a small episode on the way to escape from the horse.

Yue Fei's pursuit was so ruthless that he didn't give any of his old feelings, and he almost killed Ma Jin a few times. Angry, Ma Jin gritted his teeth.

There is a small earthen bridge along the way. When Yue Fei led dozens of horsemen to break through this bridge. It suddenly collapsed.

Ma Jin looked back, the opportunity had come, and he commanded two thousand personal soldiers to counterattack, and he had to kill Yue Fei.

Yue Fei saw that the bandit army turned back, his face did not change, he took out the sky-shaking bow and took out the quiver.

A few bowstrings sounded, and a series of arrows were fired. The guards in front of him were all shot in the throat and fell off their horses.

Immediately afterwards, Yue Fei did not retreat but advanced, leading the only dozen cavalry to rush forward, and the spearhead pointed directly at the horse.

Ma Jin was shocked, so he had to turn around and flee again.

Ma Jin eventually fled to Yunzhou.

And Yue Fei chased after him and set up camp in the east of Yunzhou City

Two days later, Yue Fei only used two hundred cavalry to call for battle.

was slapped in the face by Yue Fei nakedly, Ma couldn't breathe, and vowed to kill Yue Fei.

Seemingly. Ma Jin completely got into trouble with Yue Fei.

On the 11th, Ma Jin led his troops out of the nest. "The formation stretched for fifteen miles" to kill Yue Fei's two hundred cavalry.

Yue Fei fought and retreated, while Ma Jin chased after Yue Fei and chased Yue Fei into a forest a few miles away. Arriving in the forest, Ma Jin sensed that something was wrong, but it was too late.

Zhang Jun's army, which had been ambushed in advance, and Yang Yizhong's Su Wei pro-army rushed out together, killing the thief army by surprise, crying for his father and mother, and running in all directions.

At this time, Yue Fei shouted loudly in the center: "If you don't sit with the thief, you should not be killed." ”

For a time, "there were 80,000 people who responded to the call, and the dead were not counted."

This time, Ma Jin lost miserably, so he had to lead the remnants of the defeated army to flee north to seek Li Cheng's rescue

Yue Fei led the soldiers to march in a hurry overnight, rushed to the horse before entering, and ambushed in Zhujiashan.

When the remnants of Ma Jin fled to this place, the ambush soldiers were launched in unison, and a battle of annihilation was held in one go, killing the enemy general Zhao Wan. Ma Jin only had more than ten horses left, and fled for his life in a hurry.

Li Cheng was unwilling to be defeated by Ma Jin, so he left Ma Jin to defend Jiangzhou and personally raised troops to counterattack.

Li Cheng arranged for thieves to set up an ambush for Shang Yuan on the narrowest and most dangerous passage road in Caoshan to intercept and kill Zhang Jun; However, Zhang Jun saw through it, so Zhang Jun sent infantry to avoid this distance, and went straight to the top of the mountain from the middle road, killing and ambushing and seizing danger, and pursued it all the way to Jiangzhou.

After this battle, Zhang Jun got a nickname called "Zhang Tieshan"

Although Zhang Jun won, he was also delayed for some time in Caoshan, and Yue Fei's horse was already in Louzizhuang to meet Li Cheng's three-way army.

At this time, Yue Fei was under his command of 3,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry; On Li Cheng's side, there is also a fully established army of 100,000.

Yue Fei and Li Cheng are old acquaintances, they were both fighting against Jin under the command of the old marshal Zongze, and now the two armies are facing each other, and they don't talk nonsense, they directly hedge against each other.

Of course, Li Cheng knew Yue Fei's force, and this time he dared to duel with Yue Fei because of the large number of people.

The result of the hedging was completely unexpected by Li Cheng, and not long after the two armies clashed, Li Cheng's army was immediately defeated.

The reason for the failure is simple, because the handsome flag has fallen.

Yue Fei took out the sky-shaking bow, shot the handsome flag behind Li Cheng in two with an arrow, and then led three thousand cavalry to kill in the direction where Li Cheng was.

Li Cheng was dressed in a purple and gold robe, which was too easy to recognize in the army.

In the first battle of Louzizhuang, Yue Fei recruited more than 20,000 soldiers and obtained 2,000 war horses.

After the battle of Louzizhuang, Li Cheng's fierce generals suffered too many losses, and they had no power to fight back, so they had to flee to the Huaixi area.

After Zhang Jun and Yue Fei converged, they split into two routes with Yue Feibing, Zhang Jun went northeast to recover Jiangzhou, and Yue flew to the northwest to pursue Li Cheng.

Although he knew that Zhang Jun had robbed another fat errand, Yue Fei didn't mind and continued to pursue Li Cheng

Li Cheng was also unlucky, when he fled to Wuning County, Hongzhou, the flood surged, and the remnants of the defeated generals did not have time to cross the river.

Ma Jin was killed on the spot, and Li Cheng retreated by canoe to Qizhou (present-day Qichun County, Hubei) on Huaixi Road, where he later gathered the rest of his army to take refuge in the puppet Qi.

From then on, Li Cheng never dared to step into Jiangnan again...... (To be continued......)

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